Paulus Kapia, Date of Birth

    

Paulus Kapia

Namibian politician

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1967

Profession: politician

Nationality: Namibia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Paulus Kapia

  • Paulus Kapia (born 18 September 1967 in Ehafo, Oshana Region) is a Namibian politician.
  • A member of SWAPO, Kapia was first elected to the National Assembly of Namibia in 2005.
  • He was appointed to the politburo of SWAPO and served for a short time as Deputy Minister of Works, Transport and Communication but was forced to resign in August 2005 after being implicated in a corruption case.
  • After SWAPO suspended all his party activities in the wake of the scandal, Kapia also lost his seats in the politburo and as member of parliament.
  • He was, however, reinstated "on humanitarian grounds" into his SWAPO Party Youth League job in 2016.Kapia was a member of SWAPO's military wing in exile, the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) as a political commissar.
  • From 1992-1998, Kapia was the Regional Councillor for Okatjali Constituency in the Oshana Region.
  • In 1997, he was elected to lead the SWAPO Youth League.Kapia was found not guilty of corruption during the party-internal investigations and resumed his activity in the National Assembly.
  • However, he never rose to any more prominent position again, being still a backbencher in 2013.

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